Saturday, April 16, 2011 - Cardinal Points

Introduction

In today's puzzle by Cox and Rathvon, the setters take us to the four major points of the compass - not to mention a few places in between.











Solution to Today's Puzzle

Legend:	"*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed
	"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted

Across

1a   NOR|TH IS(L)AND - NOR (and not) + {THIS (the one in question) + AND (also)} containing (admits) L (Liberal)

7a   WINDS|OR - WINDS (is twisted) + OR (in other words)

8a   MA(CAB)RE - MARE (horse) containing (and inside) CAB (carriage)

10a   S(WEE|T) CORN - SCORN (disdain) containing (about) {WEE (small) + T (piece of The}

11a   NO|TES< - reversal (from the rear) of SET ON (attack)

12a   MO(NI)TOR - MOTOR (engine) containing NI ([chemical symbol for the element] nickel)

14a   LE(AD D|O)G - {ADD (contribute) + O (nothing)} contained in (in) LEG (support)

15a   NO|T(I)ONS - NO (number) + {I ([Roman numeral for] one) contained in (among) TONS (many)}

18a   TATT(L)ER - L (left) contained in (with ... outside) TATTER (shred)

 20a   TO(R)US - {TO (in honour of; as would be said in proposing a toast) + US (Yankee)} containing (swallowing) R (a bit of Raised)

21a   LAKE NYASA - hidden in (through) "AngoLA KENYAS Accessing"

23a   R(A|IM)ENT - {A (article) + IM (I'm)} contained in (wearing) RENT (split)

24a   AM(NEST)Y - AMY (Amanda) containing (about) NEST (simple home)

25a   SOUTHAMPTON* - anagram (eccentric) of MUST PHOTO AN

Down

1d   NANKEEN - NAN (grandma) + KEEN (enthusiastic)

2d   RESET* - anagram (in a funny way) of TREES

3d   H|ARBOUR - H (hospital) + (with) ARBOUR (garden alcove)

4d   SEMINAL* - anagram (fluid) of IN MEALS

5d   ASCENDANT - DAN (Daniel) contained in (invested in) {A + SCENT (perfume)}

6d   _DE(BUT)ED - BUT (still) contained in (in the middle of) DEED (act)

7d   WESTMINSTER* - anagram (all about) of ITEMS STREWN

9d   EA(ST) GER|MANY - {EAGER (hot to trot) + MANY (a lot)} containing (around) ST (street)

13d   T|ROUSSEAU - Rousseau (French painter) following (is behind) T (time)

16d   T(URN)IPS - TIPS (ends) containing (seen outside of) URN (large pot)

17d   S|PLOT|CH - S (small) + PLOT (piece of ground) + (in front of) CH (church)

18d   {TAKE AIM}* - anagram (punk) of MIKE AT A

19d   LI(A|IS)ON - {A (allergy initially; i.e., first letter of "Allergy") + IS}contained in (picked up by) LION (cat)

22d   NONET - NO + NET (profit)

Signing off for today - Falcon